Day with a Painter Print

• Jacaranda and Citrus froze, what to do

Recommendation: You do not want the fruit from a frost bitten plant

• Katharine, her tangerine tree is breaking and drooping from the amount of fruit

Recommendation: make sure to thin when fruit are marble size

• Safe from pets
• Prevents bending over to plant
• You can adjust their look and location to fit your landscape
• Mobile Garden Capability

Tree Fertilizing with Elgin Nursery

• plant adapted to desert climate is used to our soil, you do not need fertilizer
• Trees from other climate zones needs fertilizer in Spring (March 1)
• Citrus Trees need fertilizer with a 'fruit food'

• Make sure you are well watered and have a great watering system set up
• Squashes, herbs, rosemary, sage, basil, peppers are good to plant for summer

Re-cap of Landscaping Tip:

• Make sure to paint brand new trees or recently pruned trees with Go Natural Paint found at your local nursery.  
• 8606 W. McDowell Elgin Nursery

$50 off deal to Rosie listeners from Flower Street Urban Gardens
Contact info:
4401 East Flower St
PHX, AZ 85018
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602-327-6560

• How to prep a Stucco Wall...Power Wash
• Cracks on a Stucco Wall

• Dan, what's the optimal time to paint a home

Recommendation: Any time of year from Arizona Painting Company

• Mike, did he get the right type of paint, he was given oil base

Recommendation: PPG can match any color in Acrylic with Anti-skid compound

• Matt, his outside walking deck over his patio is splitting. What to do

Rosie on the Box:

• Not a believer in paint that represents itself as 'lifetime', elastimeric paints or ceramic paints

Letter from Listener

• Has elastimeric paint, what to do now

Recommendation: Will need to be taken off before repaint

• We said in our newsletter that 5-7 is the lifetime of a paint job.  Is that true

Recommendation: Yes, after that it starts deteriorating

Cont. in next segment

Caller

• Paul, wants to do a chalkboard wall for the kids.  What to use

Recommendation: Rustoleum makes a great product

• Elaine, is getting more confused as she meets with painting contractors.  One contractor is trying to talk her our of Acrylic paint. (stucco wall)

Recommendation: Acrylic needs to be used on the exterior

Guest Interview: Ruthanne Hanlon, National Design and Color Consultant, PPG Voice of Color®

• Start with flooring because that is the least availability of choices
• Then pick your wall color
  

• Jim, Has semi-gloss now, does he need to repaint with Semi-gloss

Recommendation: Low Sheen over Semi Gloss will work

What are the color trends now:

• Dark, rich Earth tones on exterior
• Interior, lighter tans and colors in kids' rooms

Voice of Color® Phone App

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Casting of the Not-so-Gentle Tamer this weekend

Phippen Museum Memorial Day Western Art Show and Sale

Marriott-Residence Inn in Prescott

Rosie asks: Do you need all different colors of tape?

Recommendation: Rosie likes Blue Tape, Arizona Painting Company likes masking tape unless it's going to be in the sun for a while for stripes as well. 1" wide, chalk the line, run the masking tape, embed the tape, caulk on painted edge for a straight line

Dale Wade from Pittsburgh Paints, wade@ppg.com, 602-956-1150 for Dan Maloney

• Zero VOC and low odor from Pittsburgh Paints

Email: Sales@tpcaz.com for Joe Miller- Arizona Painting Company

Century Painting in Prescott

Cooper Painting in Casa Grande

D & H Painting and Dave's Adobe Painting with Arizona Painting Company in Phoenix